Leah Luisa Tuisavalalo

Leah Luisa Tuisavalalo

4.3
Rating: 7.2

Licensed for 17 years

Immigration Lawyer at Fresno, CA
Practice Areas: Immigration, Criminal Defense, Guardianship, Family

923 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, CA

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Biography

Practice Areas

4

Practice Areas

Immigration 75%

Currently, Ms. Tuisavalalo specializes in all areas of immigration and nationality law, including deportation and removal defense, asylum, citizenship and naturalization, family-based immigration, immigrant & non-immigrant visas, consular processing.

75%
Criminal Defense 10%

Ms. Tuisavalalo specializes in Post-Conviction Relief which as it pertains to immigration law. This generally includes, expungements, vacatures and reductions in sentencing.

10%
Guardianship 10%

Ms. Tuisavalalo specializes in Guardianship for children who are seeking immigration status under Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. This includes unaccompanied minors as well as those who are living in the US without their parents.

10%
Family 5%

Ms. Tuisavalalo specializes in custody cases where children are seeking immigration status under Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. This includes children who are present in the US with only one parent.

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 17 years

State: California

Acquired: 2009

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Pasifika Immigration Law Group, LLP

923 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, CA, 93721-2649

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4.3 /5.0

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Posted by Lavern | September 02, 2015 | Hired Attorney | Immigration

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT SERVICE

Leah & her team far exceeded our expectations with their EXCELLENT proficient, efficient, professional, intelligent, caring & loving affordable services. Due to identity fraud & a mistake by the government my senior Mother was innocently stuck in Samoa for 8 long years. I worked hard for 7 years to... do it on my own because I could not afford to hire an attorney to assist me. In those 7 years my husband & I lost close to $5,000. Samoan & US govt would say fill this out send this much & to no avail. Thanks to my Bishop who just graduated from Law School, he referred us to his friends, Rodney & Leah Tuisavalalo. It only took them 1 year to get my Mom!! It could have been longer because the govt was trying to have Mom carry out her penalty & stay out of the US longer, but Leah fought for my Mom. Leah from the very beginning through the FOIA investigated & found out exactly why Mom was stuck in Samoa. With that clarity & proving my Mom's innocence based on the FOIA & other hard facts that she had the govt dig out themselves like the govt proved that they abandoned my Mom's amnesty case, never answered Mom from 1980's, in 2006 noticed they hadn't & sent her interview date to the wrong address. Leah investigated that as well & found out that someone stole my Mom's identity to get a green card. Even when we were so close to the end of Mom's process than the New Zealand govt came up with hiccups of more money & she has to fill this out & wait a couple of months which we had none of. My family & I did not have any more time, money or heart ache to give. We were done. Leah LIKE A BOSS that she is worked her magic & got Mom home to us quickly. I know that God & His Angels assisted Leah with Mom's case because it was not easy to comb through the world's of governments to get Mom here. But I also know that it was easy for God & His Angels to assist Leah because of her heart, her brains & her pure intentions. One of our favorite things about Leah & her team is that it was all about US & MOM & getting her back home ASAP. It was never about money. Another fave thing about Leah is that she never had us in wonderment. We were always promptly informed via phone calls, texts & emails!! Our experience of Leah was Peace, Clarity, Freedom, Joy, Love & LIVING OUR DREAM NOW OF CARING FOR MOM FINALLY. Touching Mom, kissing her, her holding our babies she hadn't met, her scolding our babies is all because of Leah. Our greatest fear was Mom because of sickness & age she would die in Samoa. But because of Leah & her team Mom is alive & thriving Living with us happily ever after. Leah is now our attorney for life in whatever services she provides & we deserve! After 1 year of hiring them we got Mom back, Leah is da Bom!!! We Love her & her team & we are forever grateful!!!! THANKU THANKU THANKU LEAH XOXOXOXO :D

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Camille Cook

Immigration lawyer | Mar 03

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Leah is a very smart, diligent, organized attorney. We have worked on many cases together so I know that she is an excellent writer and researcher and looks for creative options for her clients."

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Experience

Rating:  7.2 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2016 - 2018

Adjunct Professor, San Joaquin College Of Law

2012 - 2013

Attorney, Law Office of Jessica Smith Bobadilla

2009 - 2012

Attorney, Yarra, Kharazi & Associates

Associations

2015 - Present

American Immigration Lawyers Association

Co-Liaison for AILA and USCIS Fresno

Education

2007

Santa Clara Univ Sol

JD - Juris Doctor

2002

Univ Of Hawaii At Manoa

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

English

Spanish

Activity

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